# Jack Lukosius

Jack Lukosius (born 9 August 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Gold Coast Suns, the club to which he was drafted, from 2019 to 2024.

## Early life

Lukosius was born in Adelaide, South Australia. His father, Robert, is of Lithuanian origin and played professional football for Woodville-West Torrens in the SANFL.
Jack participated in the Auskick program at Henley and grew up playing high level Australian rules football and cricket in Adelaide for Fulham Cricket Club while attending Henley High School with future Gold Coast teammate Izak Rankine. Such was his talent in cricket, he was selected as the opening bowler for South Australia at the 2016-17 U17 national carnival but gave the sport away soon after to focus on football. He made his senior SANFL debut for Woodville-West Torrens in a 2017 preliminary final against Sturt where he finished with 12 disposals, 8 marks and 4 goals.
Leading into his final year of junior football, Lukosius was considered a potential number-one draft pick by many draft analysts and drew comparisons to superstar St Kilda forward Nick Riewoldt. In 2018, he played a big part in South Australia's U18 national championships victory and Henley High School's SA schools championship. He also played for Woodville's senior SANFL side but would once again play in a losing preliminary final that year. He was drafted by Gold Coast with their first selection in the 2018 national draft, which was the second pick overall.

## AFL career

Lukosius made his AFL debut in Gold Coast's one-point loss to St Kilda in the opening round of the 2019 AFL season.
In Round 3, 2023, Lukosius kicked a career high five goals including a 73-metre inswinging goal with a drop punt to help secure a 19-point Suns victory over the reigning premier Geelong.
Following the 2024 AFL season, Lukosius requested a trade back to his home state of South Australia to play with Port Adelaide, and was traded on 15 October.

## Statistics

    Statistics are correct to the end of the 2024 season
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Votes |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | Votes |
| 2019 | Gold Coast | 41 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 183 | 54 | 237 | 90 | 44 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 8.7 | 2.6 | 11.3 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 0 |
| 2020 | Gold Coast | 13 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 219 | 59 | 278 | 62 | 27 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 12.9 | 3.5 | 16.4 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 3 |
| 2021 | Gold Coast | 13 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 382 | 60 | 442 | 172 | 32 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 17.4 | 2.7 | 20.1 | 7.8 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 2022 | Gold Coast | 13 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 143 | 33 | 176 | 62 | 28 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 11.0 | 2.5 | 13.5 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 0 |
| 2023 | Gold Coast | 13 | 22 | 39 | 22 | 256 | 41 | 297 | 140 | 24 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 11.6 | 1.9 | 13.5 | 6.4 | 1.1 | 8 |
| 2024 | Gold Coast | 13 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 199 | 66 | 265 | 103 | 25 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 9.5 | 3.1 | 12.6 | 4.9 | 1.2 | |
| Career | Career | Career | 116 | 79 | 72 | 1383 | 313 | 1696 | 629 | 180 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 11.9 | 2.7 | 14.6 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 13 |
* ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.